21st Century ROAD to Housing Act – What Local Officials Should Know
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act provides local governments with additional tools to support housing development, particularly the “missing middle” homes many communities need. These may include smaller single-family homes, duplexes, townhomes and neighborhood-scale apartment buildings that fit comfortably into established neighborhoods and provide options for younger families, seniors wishing to downsize and middle-income households. While many of the law’s provisions will be implemented over time
Michigan’s Transformational Brownfield Program: What Municipal Leaders Should Know
Michigan's Transformational Brownfield Program remains an important tool for communities seeking to advance complex redevelopment projects that may not be financially feasible without public support, combining the traditional property tax capture tools of a traditional brownfield plan with the ability to capture income taxes, sales and use taxes and withholding taxes. Legislation signed over the summer extended and expanded the program, increasing the state's capacity to support qualifying redevelopment
